Long live the Milwaukee Road! Gone, but not forgotten.

Great work! I live just across the river from the former Beerline, so it's hard for me not to imagine what it looked like while I grocery shop in what once was Humboldt yard. This map is fantastic, and very well detailed. I will try to answer some of your history questions in your video to the best of my ability: The cream colored building at the top of Brewer's Hil (234 E Vine) was originally a tavern sponsored by Miller. In the '50s its name was changed to the Party House Inn, which closed in the 80s or 90s I believe. Today it is a restaurant/bar. Lakefront Brewery was originally a TMER&L Powerhouse. Wisconsin Electric Power kept operating it after the 50's as substation for underground power I believe, and then Forestry used it from the early 70's until it was purchased by Lakefront. The buildings on the northwest side of Humboldt Yard - The triangular one was built in the early '20s and housed 'Milwaukee Boiled Ham Co.' I have no idea when they went out of business, or what occupies the building now (It's kinda creepy in real life). Next door was a small warehouse, and the larger building next to the warehouse was a bottling factory of some kind. In '73, that location became 'Regal Box Company' and they're still there. The building next to that was a casket manufacturer, but the building was razed in the late-60s or early '70s. The building on the southside of the yard was 'Fisher Iron and Steel Co' and used as a warehouse, but I don't have any timeline for that business either, other than it existed in that location. At one time, there was an icehouse warehouse where the scrapyard later was in the yard. I will admit I was a little disappointed that Humboldt Gardens, a Schlitz-owned tavern on the corner of North and Humboldt wasn't modeled, but that is also one of my favorite buildings in Milwaukee, so I will cut you guys a bit of slack. I wish I could give you more info on the layout of the Schlitz tracks, but I think that layout changed a lot with time. Back when they were icing reefers, I believe the track layout was actually a little more simple. There is still a portion of the rollercoaster that exists today, albeit very small, but it's been converted to a footpath with a stairwell down to Commerce St. On the other side of the marsupial bridge underneath the Holton St. Viaduct is Swing Park, which is just a few swings welded to the underside of the bridge. Hopefully this answers some of your questions. Great job again on the map!

You are my new hero!! Born and bred Milwaukeeian here. I've been a model railroader coming on 50 years now. I'm also a huge computer nerd for decades. Modeling Milwaukee on a computer has been my dream since the original MS RR sim! What you have built here is nothing short of pure magic - for me anyway! Moreover, you've sparked a historical interest in me that, as a student of history, I MUST scratch!! Your Rolling Line Milwaukee Road Beer Line map must be experienced in VR to be appreciated - Brilliant, stupendous, truly A-MAZ-ING!!!

Im taken aback how this freakin' BLEW UP almost instantly! As a member of the team, I cant thank everyone for downloading it and my never ending gratitude towards Microcosmologist for letting me climb on aboard the project, I cant even explain how much I really mean that, Thanks to Micro for letting me hop on this project, and thanks to everyone again for the never ending positive support towards Micro and the crew that worked on this!

Excellent work, I have never had the pleasure of playing such a detailed map, Congratulations to all who participated.

As a person that knows a lot about the Milwaukee Road and the Milwaukee area, you did a great job.

Finaly I found someone who actually makes real layouts

This is really well done. I've researched the Beer Line extensively for HO scale modeling endeavors (see Nov 2011 MR) and really cool to see it come to life this way as well.

Downloading this when I get home!

Great work! The team did an awesome job! 👍 I had a great time working on the layout and on models for it. Would be epic to expand it. 😁

love the realism on the layout!

Amazing work by the whole team and it’s a great time to operate it. I’d love to see an expansion of the Beer Line or even sone other project. Either way, hope to see more of your amazing work in the future

WOAH! Just found out about Rolling Line yesterday, and it's amazing to see my home today. I'm sold!

Another area you could do is Milwaukee Solvay and coke, lots of cool industries and trackage. I could try and help with the track plan I know someone with blueprints. And I could help with Chicago area steel mill blueprints with trackage. Great job you all did on this one it really seems alive I really like it.

Super cool man. The schlitz area is fantastic, you've done an amazing job with this.

Wow thats fantastic

Damn, I really wish I was able to help. But you know what? I get to play on this awesome map! Thank you so much for making this. And thanks to the great team as well.

Looks great!

Wow.... now I smell Beer

Great video! looking at it through the eyes of a model railroader. You mentioned you found a map of the actual railroad back in the day? Can you point out where you found it?

I would love to see a single video of just train spotting on this map

Wild...can taste the sausage =)

Fantastic

10/10

Yes I have this map I honestly love it

Saw this on frantics channel looks great

Really beautiful and interesting... congratulations to you and your staff. A question: if I wanted to replicate some of the buildings I saw in this video on my (much smaller) system, would I have to build them myself with the objects provided by the game? because it seems to me that in the mods of the "Beer Line Workshop Items" collection present on the Steam workshop there are only windows...😁

I remember it all

Nice!

Woah, incredible. I unfamiliar with the game or sim, but now I want it. This is a masterpiece! Can you actually do ops? Coupling and uncoupling? Is there a waybill or switch list system in the software? Thanks for the video!

Molto bello complimenti... Ma quanto tempo ci hai messo per farlo?

Outstanding job! I take it your from Wisconsin? I live in Kenosha myself. As a kid in the 70's, I used to love watching the C&NW passenger and freight trains roll by. Edit: I noticed about halfway through through the video there were no bumping posts on end tracks. Does the game have those?

not a hundred percent sure but i think this is the yard tractor www.pinterest.com/pin/429812358168293996/

Oh man, Wish someone would come up with this kind of mechanics on a realistic simulator. So many try, so many fail. ;)

How did you import those blueprints to quick terrain? I am curious.

I think thery were Iced in the Milwaukee road yard in the valley

I thought the North Shore also had a line into there?

Is there gonna be another club layout?

any word on if there's work being done on the Hiawatha?

Well the box cars right now it’s one in the big thing is I figured I know what it was what is for furniture getting on trains no I mean food in the few girls in the conveyor belt and goes golfing in then the food is on the other side in there we get all the food is in the